GENESIS Chapter 27
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27:1 Isaac was now
old and had become blind. He sent for his older son Esau and said to him,
"Son!" "Yes," he answered. |
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27:2 Isaac said,
"You see that I am old and may die soon. |
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27:3 Take your bow
and arrows, go out into the country, and kill an animal for me. |
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27:4 Cook me some
of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I
will give you my final blessing before I die." |
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27:5 While Isaac
was talking to Esau, Rebecca was listening. So when Esau went out to hunt, |
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27:6 she said to
Jacob, "I have just heard your father say to Esau, |
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27:7 'Bring me an
animal and cook it for me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my blessing
in the presence of the LORD before I die.' |
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27:8 Now,
son," Rebecca continued, "listen to me and do what I say. |
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27:9 Go to the
flock and pick out two fat young goats, so that I can cook them and make some
of that food your father likes so much. |
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27:10 You can take
it to him to eat, and he will give you his blessing before he dies." |
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27:11
But Jacob
said to his mother, "You know that Esau is a hairy man, but I have smooth
skin. |
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27:12 Perhaps my
father will touch me and find out that I am deceiving him; in this way, I
will bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing." |
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27:13 His mother
answered, "Let any curse against you fall on me, my son; just do as I
say, and go and get the goats for me." |
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27:14 So he went to
get them and brought them to her, and she cooked the kind of food that his
father liked. |
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27:15 Then she took
Esau's best clothes, which she kept in the house, and put them on Jacob. |
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27:16 She put the
skins of the goats on his arms and on the hairless part of his neck. |
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27:17 She handed him
the tasty food, along with the bread she had baked. |
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27:18
Then Jacob
went to his father and said, "Father!" "Yes," he
answered. "Which of my sons are you?" |
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27:19 Jacob
answered, "I am your older son Esau; I have done as you told me. Please
sit up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give
me your blessing." |
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27:20 Isaac said,
"How did you find it so quickly, son?" Jacob answered, "The
LORD your God helped me find it." |
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27:21 Isaac said to
Jacob, "Please come closer so that I can touch you. Are you really
Esau?" |
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27:22 Jacob moved
closer to his father, who felt him and said, "Your voice sounds like
Jacob's voice, but your arms feel like Esau's arms." |
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27:23 He did not
recognize Jacob, because his arms were hairy like Esau's. He was about to
give him his blessing, |
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27:24 but asked
again, "Are you really Esau?" "I am," he answered. |
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27:25 Isaac said,
"Bring me some of the meat. After I eat it, I will give you my
blessing." Jacob brought it to him, and he also brought him some wine to
drink. |
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27:26 Then his
father said to him, "Come closer and kiss me, son." |
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27:27 As he came up
to kiss him, Isaac smelled his clothes---so he gave him his blessing. He
said, "The pleasant smell of my son is like the smell of a field which
the LORD has blessed. |
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27:28 May God give you dew from heaven and make your fields fertile! May
he give you plenty of grain and wine! |
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27:29 May nations be your servants, and may peoples bow down before you. May
you rule over all your relatives, and may your mother's descendants bow down
before you. May those who curse you be cursed, and may those who bless you be
blessed." |
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27:30 Isaac finished
giving his blessing, and as soon as Jacob left, his brother Esau came in from
hunting. |
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27:31 He also cooked
some tasty food and took it to his father. He said, "Please, father, sit
up and eat some of the meat that I have brought you, so that you can give me
your blessing." |
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27:32 "Who are
you?" Isaac asked. "Your older son Esau," he answered. |
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27:33 Isaac began to
tremble and shake all over, and he asked, "Who was it, then, who killed
an animal and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came. I gave him my
final blessing, and so it is his forever." |
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27:34
When Esau
heard this, he cried out loudly and bitterly and said, "Give me your
blessing also, father!" |
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27:35 Isaac answered,
"Your brother came and deceived me. He has taken away your
blessing." |
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27:36 Esau said,
"This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is
Jacob. He took my rights as the first-born son, and now he has taken away my
blessing. Haven't you saved a blessing for me?" |
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27:37 Isaac
answered, "I have already made him master over you, and I have made all
his relatives his slaves. I have given him grain and wine. Now there is
nothing that I can do for you, son!" |
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27:38 Esau continued
to plead with his father: "Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless
me too, father!" He began to cry. |
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27:39 Then Isaac
said to him, "No dew from heaven for you, No
fertile fields for you. |
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27:40 You will live
by your sword, But be your brother's slave. Yet when you rebel, You will
break away from his control." |
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27:41 Esau hated
Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The
time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob." |
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27:42 But when
Rebecca heard about Esau's plan, she sent for Jacob and said, "Listen,
your brother Esau is planning to get even with you and kill you. |
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27:43 Now, son, do
what I say. Go at once to my brother Laban in Haran, |
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27:44 and stay with
him for a while, until your brother's anger cools down |
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27:45 and he forgets
what you have done to him. Then I will send someone to bring you back. Why
should I lose both of my sons on the same day?" |
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27:46 Rebecca said
to Isaac, "I am sick and tired of Esau's foreign wives. If Jacob also
marries one of these Hittites, I might as well die." |
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